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Sept. 7, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! This morning we have a few clouds over toward Utila and partly cloudy skies here in Roatan. Today should be a mostly sunny day, much like yesterday. Winds and seas will continue fairly calm at 5-10 mph and 1 foot. Our dry conditions will continue, with perhaps a smallContinue reading “Sept. 7, 2022”

Sept. 6, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! We will combine our forecast with the tropical outlook, since our forecast is so boring. Today we will have east winds 7-12 mph and seas 1-2 feet (.3 to .6 meters) on the south side, even calmer on the northside. Skies will be mostly sunny with almost no chanceContinue reading “Sept. 6, 2022”

Sept. 5, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! With some clouds to our west, it isn’t impossible that someone on Utila is getting a morning shower, though at 7:30 a.m. the rain gauge on the south shore was dry. Today will be partly to mostly sunny with winds in the 7-12 mph range and seas 1-2 feetContinue reading “Sept. 5, 2022”

Sept. 4, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The most interesting thing that happened this morning didn’t come from the sky, but was under our feet. We had a 4.7 earthquake that rattled our windows here on Jonesville Point. This one was about as close as I can remember an earthquake. Several have occurred northeast of Guanaja,Continue reading “Sept. 4, 2022”

Sept. 3, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Clouds yesterday morning gave us a cooler than normal day. Today, under partly cloudy skies, we’ll be back to hot, but breezy conditions. Rain chances will be low and mostly overnight. Winds will be from the east 12-17 mph and seas at 3 feet (1 meter). Winds should calmContinue reading “Sept. 3, 2022”

Sept. 2, 2022: Good morning, Roatan. If you want proof of how the rain has danced around us and missed us almost completely, take a look at this morning’s infrared satellite image. You will see the coast of Belize getting a good dose of rain this morning and Roatan on the back end of theContinue reading “Sept. 2, 2022”

Rainfall for August 2022: We had quite a range of rainfall totals on the island. The driest was West Bay with only 2.37 inches. The wettest was Politilly’s 7.06 inches. Politilly is almost due north of Jonesville Point and had twice the rain. Go figure. The number that is officially going in the record booksContinue reading “Rainfall for August 2022”

Sept. 1, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful day and one of the calmest ones we’ve had in awhile. Today the wind is up a bit in the 10-15 mph range with seas around 2 feet (.6 meters). That should continue and the winds will get up tonight around 20Continue reading “Sept. 1, 2022”

Aug. 31, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! Our tropical wave came close enough yesterday to give some of us a good downpour around midday. Coral View was the big winner with 1.15 inches. Politilly got a third of an inch as did one location in Sandy Bay. Punta Blanca got a tenth of an inch andContinue reading “Aug. 31, 2022”

Aug. 30, 2022: Good morning, Roatan! The tropical wave we’ve been waiting for is finally in view. Some time between now and Friday there is a very good chance we will get some rain, but most models give us much less rain out of this than the mainland. Most of them predict around an inchContinue reading “Aug. 30, 2022”